Nokia 8 Sirocco benchmarks - the Snapdragon 835 still rocks

The Nokia 8 Sirocco is Nokia's most powerful phone until the Nokia 9 comes out. It packs the best hardware 2017 could offer - a Snapdragon 835 with 6GB of RAM - but is that enough for 2018?

Of course it is. The Nokia 8 Sirocco may lose some synthetic tests against the few phones with a Snapdragon 845 - Sony Xperia XZ2 and Samsung Galaxy S9 - but is otherwise ridiculously fast for just about anything you would do with your phone.

The Snapdragon 835 is made up of eight Kryo cores - four clocked at 2.5GHz and another four working at a maximum of 1.8GHz. Graphics are handled by an Adreno 540.

Below you'll find out just how good the chipset does inside the Nokia 8 Sirocco.

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• Huawei Mate 10 Pro
  6783
• OnePlus 5T (Oreo)
  6759
• Nokia 8
  6568
• Nokia 8 Sirocco
  6483
• Google Pixel 2 XL
  6428
• Nokia 7 Plus
  5920

GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)

Higher is better

• OnePlus 5T (Oreo)
  1974
• Nokia 8 Sirocco
  1949
• Nokia 8
  1925
• Google Pixel 2 XL
  1915
• Huawei Mate 10 Pro
  1902
• Nokia 7 Plus
  1641

AnTuTu 7

Higher is better

• Nokia 8
  210323
• Nokia 8 Sirocco
  207339
• OnePlus 5T (Oreo)
  207072
• Google Pixel 2 XL
  203119
• Nokia 7 Plus
  141822

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Nokia 8 Sirocco
  42
• Google Pixel 2 XL
  42
• OnePlus 5T (Oreo)
  40
• Nokia 8
  39
• Huawei Mate 10 Pro
  38
• Nokia 7 Plus
  15

GFX 3.1 Car scene (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

• Nokia 8
  32
• Nokia 8 Sirocco
  26
• OnePlus 5T (Oreo)
  26
• Google Pixel 2 XL
  25
• Huawei Mate 10 Pro
  22

Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal

Higher is better

• Huawei Mate 10 Pro
  1183
• Google Pixel 2 XL
  874
• Nokia 8
  855
• OnePlus 5T (Oreo)
  829
• Nokia 8 Sirocco
  807
• Nokia 7 Plus
  351